HORAPOLLO. [Hieroglyphica] … de sacris notis & sculpturis libri duo. Paris: G. Morel for J. Kerver, 1551. Small 8° (172 x 106mm). Text in Greek and Latin. 195 emblematic woodcuts, including 5 repeated. Printer’s device on verso of final leaf. Panelled brown morocco gilt by F. Bedford, ruled in gilt and blind on sides with central gilt oval decoration, spine ruled, lettered and decorated gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes (bookplate) – faded manuscript notes (on Q1v).

HORAPOLLO. [Hieroglyphica] … de sacris notis & sculpturis libri duo. Paris: G. Morel for J. Kerver, 1551. Small 8° (172 x 106mm). Text in Greek and Latin. 195 emblematic woodcuts, including 5 repeated. Printer’s device on verso of final leaf. Panelled brown morocco gilt by F. Bedford, ruled in gilt and blind on sides with central gilt oval decoration, spine ruled, lettered and decorated gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes (bookplate) – faded manuscript notes (on Q1v).

FIRST KERVER LATIN AND GREEK EDITION, AN ATTRACTIVE COPY. This edition follows Chrestien’s Wechel’s quarto printing of the first Mercier edition in 1548. The Latin text differs from earlier versions and is probably Jean Mercier’s own translation. The woodcuts have been attributed to Jean Cousin or Jean Goujon. The woodcut on F8r is printed upside down. Adams H-850; Landwehr Romanic 387; Mortimer French 315; Praz pp. 373-4.